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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

Subjects : clep, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A phrase or expression that has been repeated so often it has lost its significance.






2. The point at which a character understands his/her situation as it really is.






3. A short saying with a moral.






4. A metrical foot with two unstressed syllables.






5. A poem of thirty-nine lines and written in iambic pentameter.






6. Words and phrases that vividly recreate a sound - sight - smell - touch - or taste for the reader by appealing to the senses.






7. The use of symbols in literature to convey meaning.






8. The selection of words in a literary work.






9. The point after the climax where the action begins to drop off and the events of the plot become clear or are explained in some way.






10. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object animal - or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.






11. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






12. A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form - - either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter - or with variations from one stanza to another.






13. A word that closely resembles the sound that the word is supposed to make.






14. A love lyric in which the speaker complains about the arrival of the dawn - when he must part from his lover.






15. A poem that tells a story.






16. As the conflict(s) develop and the characters attempt to revolve those conflicts - suspense builds.






17. A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.






18. The group of readers to whom a piece of literature is directed.






19. A brief witty poem - often satirical.






20. A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea.






21. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama.






22. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose.






23. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.






24. A four line stanza in a poem.






25. A concrete representation of a sense impression - a feeling - or an idea.






26. A struggle or clash between opposing characters - forces - or emotions.






27. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






28. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.






29. A Greek term first used by Aristotle to describe the emotional cleansing or purification that results after watching a tragedy performed on stage.






30. A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter.






31. Smaller units of plays that are broken down.






32. The conversation of characters in a literary work.






33. A short story that teaches a moral or a religious lesson.






34. The main character of a literary work.






35. A person - place - thing or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more than itself.






36. A figure of speech in which two opposing ideas are combined.






37. The reason the author has written a piece of literature.

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38. A figure of speech in which a part of something represents its whole.






39. Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.






40. A story passed down over the generations that was once believed to be true.






41. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a seperate stanza in a poem.






42. A moment of insightfulness when a character realizes some truth.






43. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.






44. A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones.






45. The first stage of a functional or dramatic plot - in which necessary background information is provided.






46. A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter.






47. A technique in which words - phrases - or sounds are repeated for emphasis.






48. A figure of speech in which two completely unlike things are compared.






49. The way people speak in various parts of the country or around the world.






50. A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme - line length - and metrical pattern.